Education

Lancaster County School District officials said recent changes in standardized testing and ongoing uncertainty over its future in the state is having an effect on local educators and may have played a role in this year’s mediocre PASS and HSAP test results.

The item was among the topics discussed during this month’s school board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Bells will ring for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 18, and throughout the county, students will re-enter and enter for the first time elementary, middle and high schools in the Lancaster County School District.

York Technical College announced Wednesday, June 11, it will open a new Indian Land instructional site in August.

Located on the first floor of the Verian Technologies building at 1245 Rosemont Drive, the center will initially offer classes for 120 students. To celebrate the opening, the college is giving scholarships to the first 100 students who sign up

s clouds loomed overhead outside, spirits remained up in the Lancaster High School gymnasium. Just after 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, LHS administrators made the decision to move the graduation exercises indoors.

As graduation grows near, three Lancaster County high schools are celebrating a centuries-old tradition today, Sunday, May 25, to honor students’ dedication to learning and wisdom and prepare them for what comes next.

The tradition of holding baccalaureate services is believed to have begun in 1432 at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.